Martin Bongo

{{Short description|Gabonese politician and diplomat}}

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Martin Bongo (July 4, 1940 – 18 November, 2023) was a Gabon political figure and diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Gabon from 1976 to 1989.

Bongo, a nephew of President Omar Bongo,James Franklin Barnes, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dzV1AAAAMAAJ&q=%22martin+bongo%22&dq=%22martin+bongo%22&ei=RGpRSufIFKrYygS1vNjSAg Gabon: Beyond the Colonial Legacy] (1992), page 57. was born in Lekei, located in Haut-Ogooué Province.{{cite web|url=http://rulers.org/indexb4.html |title=Index Bo|work=Rulers.org|accessdate=2008-08-11}} In 1989, President Bongo appointed his son, Ali-Ben Bongo, to succeed Martin Bongo as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Bongo was the Special Representative of the African Union to the Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2003.[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24737526_ITM "Kabila receives AU envoy"], Pana, October 17, 2003.